Nails by the Numbers: A Review of Our Obsession With All Things Nail Polish-Related

It will come as no shock to anyone with a pulse and a passing interest in beauty and fashion to learn that nail polish is really effing popular. Consumers, magazines, blogs, men, 5-year-olds--pretty much everyone is into nails.
And it shows no signs of stopping any time soon. We still obsessively search for close-ups of celeb talons and wait with bated breath during every Chanel runway show to see what is gracing the models' fingers. We jump on every press release touting something new in nails (magnetic polish! nail wraps!) And we're not the only ones. As the year comes to an end, let's take a few moments to reflect about all the nuttiness that is nails, by the numbers. We did all the math for you:

It will come as no shock to anyone with a pulse and a passing interest in beauty and fashion to learn that nail polish is really effing popular. Consumers, magazines, blogs, men, 5-year-olds--pretty much everyone is into nails.

And it shows no signs of stopping any time soon. We still obsessively search for close-ups of celeb talons and wait with bated breath during every Chanel runway show to see what is gracing the models' fingers. We jump on every press release touting something new in nails (magnetic polish! nail wraps!) And we're not the only ones. As the year comes to an end, let's take a few moments to reflect about all the nuttiness that is nails, by the numbers. We even did all the math for you:

600 BC: The approximate year the first nail polish was used (in China). Modern nail polish as we know it was invented in the 1920s by Michelle Menard. (No word on when the first neon leopard print was invented.)

64%: The number of women who use nail polish once a week or more, according to a Gallup study (via November's Allure).

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